Sealing device for cigar wrapping machines



Nov. 15, 1932. F. x. MALOCSAY 1,337,344

SEALING DEVICE FOR CIGAR WRAPPING MACHINES Filed April 1, 1950 avwwntoz Patented Nov. 15, 1932 U D TES PATENT OFFICE l runners nxanoosay, or sammn nrvnn, new mnsmr, assrcnon 'ro mmnarrorm mama mcrmm 00., me a coaromrxon on NEW You WG- D EVICE 1'03 iZIGAB WRAPPING MACHINES Application filed April 1,

This invention relates to a means for sealing the wrappers that are used for enclosing cigars. It is well known that'at the present time, there is a widespread tendency on the part of cigar manufacturers to the purchasin public a more sanitary product, by whol y wra ping or otherwise enclosing the cigars which they manufacture in a wrapper of some sort. Such wra pers are composed of various materials, suc as tinfoil and various kinds of transparent cellulose papers, one of this type being referred to by the trade name of Cellophane. This last mentioned transparent paper wrapper is so made that when thesame is wrapped.

around the cigar, its overlapiped edges, and its ends which project beyon the cigar tips,

may be sealed together by an application of,

sult of this contact is that the printing and varnish appearing on the band is softened by the heat, causing not only the band to be badly smeared and blurred in appearance, but creating an odor of scorched ink and varnish which is likely to be retained by the cigar, thus greatly deteriorating from its flavor and consequent value.

The object of my invention therefore, is to provi re a heat-applying means for sealing a cigar wrapper, in which said heat-applying means will avoid applying heat to any portion of the cigar band appearingon the cigar that is being wrappe whether such band actually forms a part of said wrapper or whether it is independent therefrom and encircles the cigar under or over the wrapper. In ci ar wrapping machines of the presentay type, the heating means for sealresent to I 1880. Serial No. 0,746.

ing the wrapper is usually'in a fixed position or so arranged that should the machine cease operation by reason of becomin clogged or should its operation be halted or any 0t er reason, the heat-applyin means will continue its application of cat to anycigar that happens to be located ad'acent to it or in contact with it in the mac ine. .The result of this is that said particular ci or or cigars located adjacent to it are spoi ed by becoming scorched or burnt.

A further object of this invention is therefore to remedy this defect in cigar-wrapping machines by arranging the heat-applying means so that the same may, during any period of cessation of operation of the machine, be. moved away from the cigars in the wrapping machine so that it is not possible for suficient heat to be applied to such cigars to dry out, scorch or otherwise cause such cigars to be injured.

With these'objects and such other objects as may hereinafter appear, in view, I have devised the arrangement of parts set forth below and more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto.

Reference is'to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part hereof, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a wrapper composed of a transparent, glassine paper of similar characteristics as that known under the trade name 01'. Cellophane, which wrap- Figure 3 is a sectional view of a heat-applying means in the act of sealing the wrapper about a cigar;

Figure 4rv is a plan view of the heat-applying means disclosed in Figure 3; I

Figure 5 is a modified type of heat-applying means, the same consisting, in this. particular embodiment of my invention, of a pair of independent, spaced, heated plates; an

Figure 6 is a sectional view of a heat-applysheet 1 when wrapped about a cigar,

in device showing a form of mechanism for shifting the heater away from a cigar,

Throughout the various views of the drawing, similar reference characters designate similar parts.

In the embodiment of my inventiondisclosed in the accom an ing drawing, 1 indicates a flat or unfo de wrapper a apted to enclose a cigar. The same may, as hereafter set forth, be made of any suitable material capable of bein sealed about a c gar by an a plication of heat, such-as for instance, a g amine type of paper of the kind commercially known as Cellophane. The wrapper 1 preferably consists of an elongated sheet of such material and in the embodiment shown in Figure 1, the same is provided with the representation of a cigar band 2 which is printed directly upon the sheet. Thus, the

erforms the dual function of enclosing the cigar and at the same time to all effects, providing a cigar band therefor. v

In Figure 2, the wra per 1 is shown as bein wrapped about a 01 ar 2' with its lon- 'tudinal side edges 3 an 4 laced in overfiipped relationship. In suc relationship, these edges are adapted to be adhesively secured together by an a plicati'on of heat. The means for applying eat and sealing the wrapper is disclosed in one of its embodiments at 5 in Figure 3. In such embodiment, the heat-applyin means consists of a member havin a shal ow top depression 6 shaped to fit the s ape of the cigar after the wrapper ends 7 and 8 have been compressed together by any suitable means. The member 5 may be made of metal or any other suitable substance and receives its heat from a heating coil 9 contained within it. The heatin coil is heated from any suitable source of e ectric current. It will be understood that heat may be applied to the heating member 5 by any other suitable heat-supplying means.

In order to prevent the member 5 from applying heat to the printed representation of the band 2 appearmg on the wrapper 1, I

rovide an aperture or recess 10 in the upper ace of the member 5, said aperture or recess being so located that the same lies in registration with the band.

Thus, when the member 5 is brought into contact with the wrapped cigar for the purpose of a plying heat and some slight ressure, to t e overlapped edges 3 and 4 o y the wrapper, the printed portion of the wrapper is insulated from, or held out of contact with the band or any other printed matter that might be placed on the wrapper. This prevents the varnished surface and printing of the band being blurred or smeared and incidentally avoids the creation of an odor caused by scorched varnish and ink that might possibly be absorbed and retained by the cigar.

The heating device 5 ma be supported in any particular manner suc as on a stem 11. Such stem is adapted to be reciprocated, as for instance, by'a segmental gear 12, engaging with a rack 13 secured on the stem 11. 7 The segmental gear 12 is pivoted on a stud 14 that may be provided on any suitable part of the wrapping machine and said gear is actuated by an arm 15 that is connected to a rod 16. The rod 16 may run to a suitable 7.

edal operated by the foot of the operator or shifting the heating means 5 away from the cigar when the machine is laced out of operation so that heat will not continually applied to any cigar then located in the mac me and caused to be scorched. Therod 16 may be also operated by cam and clutch means acting to automatically shift the heating means 5 away from the cigar during a cessation of operation of the machine. Such clutch means is customarily found on cigar wrapping machines of the present day type and the rod 16 can readily be connected up to it.

In Figure 5, I show a modification of the heating means wherein the same consists of two independent spaced lates 17 and 18 which are arranged apart rom one another so that they provide an aperture 19 between them. These plates 17 and 18 are heated in any suitable manner andare either movable so that they may be brought in contact with the wrapped cigar to seal the same, or the ci ar can be moved to be brought in contact with the plates. In either event, the wrapped cigar shown at 20 is so positioned with respect to the plates 17 and 18 that the cigar band 21 is located in registration with the a erture 19 and thus held from contact with t e face of the plates 17 and 18 and consemeans 5 providedwith a section of insulation 22 so located that the same lies in regis tration with a'cigar band 23 during the aplication of heat to the wrapper by the memr 5 in that figure. This insulation is sim-' ilar in result to the aperture 10 and it may be of porcelain or any suitable substance which 1 does not retain sufiicient heat to alfect the band or any other printed matter that might be either placed directly upon the wrapper 1 or else encircle the cigar under or else on the outside of the wrapper. 1

While I have herein shown, particularly in Fi ures 1 and 2, a ci ar band actually physica ly printed upon the transparent wrapper 1, it will be understood that the band may be of the ordinary kind wholly independent of 1 this wrapper, encircling the cigar either under or over the wrapper. In any event, it is found desirable to prevent heat from being applied to the band and thus my invention is applicable without regard to how the band is 1 held on the cigar. Thus, when I herein refer of said sheets by an application to a banded cigar, I wish to be understood as meaning any of the various ways described herein by which the band ma be applied.

In the structure shown in i re 6, where the heating means 5 is capable 0 being moved to and from the cigar, the cigar ma be supported in any suitable way during t e application of heat. I have diagrammatically shown, for this purpose, clips or grippers 24 acting to hold and support the cigar during the application of heat to its wrapper.

Having described several embodiments of my invention, it is obvious that-the same is not to be restricted thereto but is broad enough to cover all structures coming within the scope of the annexed claims.

What I claim is y 1. In a cigar wrapping machine for wrap ping banded cigars, means for sealing sheets into tubular wrappers for said ci rsby uniting together the longitudinal ge ortions of said sheets by an application of eat and means for preventing bands on said cigars from receiving heat during the sealing operation.

2. In a cigar wrapping machine for wrapping banded cigars, means for sealing sheets into tubular wrappers for said cigars by uniting together the longitudinal ed e portions 0 heat, said means being apertured to prevent'contact of heated parts with the hands on the cigars.

3. In a cigar wrapping machine for applying printed sheets to cigars, heating means for sealing the longitudinal edge portions of said sheets, and means for preventing the' printed matter on the sheets from being scorched during the sealing operation.

4-. In a cigar wrapping machine for wrapping banded cigars, the longitudinal edge portions of said wrappers applied to said cigars, and means for preventing contact of heated parts of the sealing means with the bands on the cigars.

5. In a machine for applying printed wrappers to cigars, a heated member for contacting with the wrappers to seal the overlapping longitudinal edges of thesanie, said member having an aperture located in tration with the printed matter bn the p 6. In a machine for applying wrappers tocigars bearing a cigar band, a heated member for sealing together overlapped longitudinal edges on said wrappers, said heated member provided with an aperture located in registration with the band on each cigar and preventing contact of heated parts of the heating member with the cigar bands.

7. In a cigar wrapping machine, a heated sealing member adapted to unite the overlapped longitudinal edges of a wrapping sheet to form it into a tubular cigar wrap r, said member having portions to eg wrapmeans for heat-sealing revent contact of heated parts of said memr with parts of sealing member.

-8. In a ci r wrapping machine for wrapping bandecfii rs, sealing means for uniting the. overlapped edges of a sheet to form it into a tubular wrapper by an application of heat, means for preventing bands on the cigars to be wrapped from coming into contact with heated parts on the seahng means during the sealing operation, and means for retaining the heating means distanced from cigars to be wrapped, during any pause in the operation of themachin 9. In a machine for applying transparent printed wrappers to cigars, means for heatin the longitudinal joint in said wrappers to sea the same, said means having an insulated area preventing contact .of heated arts with printed parts of the wra preventing scorchin o ,ci rs during inoperative periods of t e machine.

10. In .a machine for wrapping handed the wrappers sealed by said cigars, heating means for contacting with and sealing together the overlapped longitudinal edges of transparent ci r wrappers, and means for preventing t 0 bands on said ci are that are located adjacent to'the over apped edges of the m3- pers from being affected by heat during e operation of uniting the overlapped longitudinal edges of the wrappers.

, Signed at the city, county and State of New York. this 31st day of March. 1930.

FRANCIS K. MALOCSAY.

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